Student Presentations

Linguistics students and faculty gathered for an early dinner and student presentations on Jan 29, 2025 in the Linguistics Lab, Sunderland 202.

Sam Bell talked about “Acquisition of Vowel Distinctions in French by American University Students” (his independent scholar linguistics work, advised by Prof. Shawna Shapiro).

Salome Moreno talked about “Metalinguistic knowledge as resource for second language acquisition” (her in-progress independent scholar linguistics work, advised by Prof. Shawna Shapiro)

Summer Eaton talked about “Arabic L2 vowel production in native Malay speakers” (from an independent study with Prof. Brandon Baird in Fall 2024).

These are some photos from the event.

Students and faculty around a table eating lunch.
Our 2025 J-term gathering for linguistics students and faculty.
Students and faculty enjoy dinner around a table.
Linguistics Students enjoy dinner at the gathering.
A student presents his linguistics senior thesis research using a projector.
Sam Bell presents his linguistics senior thesis research.
A student discusses her research while a large group is enjoying lunch at a table.
Salome Moreno talks about her in-progress linguistics senior work research.

Past Events

Past Event Recordings

Language for Equity: A Conversation with Conscious Language Expert Karen Yin

Karen Yin September 25, 2024

Exploring The Relationship Between Agency and Transgender Language

J. Calder, Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder.

The Acquisition of Dialect Features During Study Abroad

Brendan Regan, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Linguistics, Texas Tech University

Just words? Language and Imagining Justice in Maya Experiences of Guatemalan and US Courts

Maria Luz Garcia, Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, Eastern Michigan University

Over Fifty Years of Research on African American English: Breaking the Cycle

Professor Lisa Green, University of Massachusetts Amherst
March 10, 2022

Teaching, Revitalization, and Maintenance in the International Year of Indigenous Languages

Ofelia Zepeda

Ideologies and Attitudes Surrounding Language among Dominicans

Jacqueline Toribio, University of Texas at Austin

White privilege, sonic Blackness, and linguistic appropriation in the music of Iggy Azalea

Maeve Eberhardt, University of Vermont